As you may remember from last winter, OFB is rolling out a new inventory system. We hosted a training last year and then as we began the transition, found some major bugs that needed to be worked out before going live. The bugs have been exterminated! 

The date for transitioning from Primarius Web Window (current ordering platform) to Primarius 2 (P2) is currently set for April 8. (But as we've learned, that is a flexible goal.) The basic functionality of the online ordering system will stay the…

You've likely heard before that monthly statistics reporting is an important contractual obligation for OFB partner agencies, but we less often focus on sharing the reasons why we ask for this data and how it’s useful (beyond being used to fulfill OFB's own reporting obligations). Some of the many reasons to care about submitting these reports accurately and on time are:

• This data isn't only useful to OFB, but to your organizations as well. Many agencies utilize this data for grant writing…

Due to the high volume of Capacity Building Grant applications this fiscal year, the Network Support Funds team is cancelling the fourth application deadline of April 7 and extending this round's deadline to March 17 (originally scheduled to be February 4). This will be the final CBG application deadline this fiscal year. 

Applicants may continue to apply for Rapid Response grants of up to $5,000 through June 30. Network Support Fund application guidelines are available here. Please email nsf@ore…

Partners will likely have noticed that there continues to be fluctuations in the variety and amount of food available through OFB Metro and West Warehouses. We foresee OFB’s supply of food to be variable for the next few months, however here are some things that we are working on in response to these undesirable fluctuations.

• USDA-TEFAP (Government commodities):

  • There was an anticipated and unavoidable decrease in the amount of USDA TEFAP food that came to Oregon in the months of…